Let’s say computers come for most of our jobs. This may not seem likely at the moment; computer scientists and economists offer wildly varying ideas for how deeply automation will affect fut... Read more
A new survey finds young people increasingly depressed about their prospects for the future With new artificially intelligent machines appearing every day, young people are worried about whe... Read more
Robots are taking over the workforce. It’s a remarkable showing of human ingenuity—and a huge problem for working Americans. The next time you’re daydreaming at work, think about... Read more
Self-driving trucks make so much sense already that it’s a scary time to be one of the millions of Americans who depends on the trucking economy. There are 3.5 million truck drivers in... Read more
So here’s an interesting statistic from a 2014 labor survey by burning-glass.com: 65 percent of new job postings for executive secretaries and executive assistants now call for a bachelor’s... Read more
A machine that administers sedatives recently began treating patients at a Seattle hospital. At a Silicon Valley hotel, a bellhop robot delivers items to people’s rooms. Last spring, a softw... Read more
Sure, there aren’t too many jobs these days, but ReWork still wants to make sure people aren’t toiling away at work they hate. Their job matching network is connecting passionate workers wit... Read more
The Poster Says it . . . Created by: Engineering Degree Bookmark this page for “Women in STEM” and check back regularly as these articles update on a very frequent basis. The vie... Read more
Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics and a professor at NYU, thinks he’s found a breakthrough idea on creating jobs. FORTUNE — One common refrain heard at this year... Read more
Knowledge is power – economic power – and there’s a scramble for that power taking place around the globe. In the United States, Europe and in rising powers such as China,... Read more
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The rise in the unemployment rate last month to 9.2 percent has Democrats and Republicans reliably falling back on their respective cure-alls. It is evidence for libera... Read more
Image via Wikipedia THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Last summer I attended a talk by Michelle Rhee, the dynamic chancellor of public schools in Washington. Just before the session began, a man came up, i... Read more
Recently, in writing about a DRM scheme, I used the analogy of the Star Trek food replicator to explain why it made no sense to turn infinite goods, like content, into artificially scarce go... Read more